Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Convicted sex offender is arrested crossing border near Deming

U.S. Border Patrol agents near Deming arrested a convicted sex offender who attempted to enter the U.S. illegally. Agents arrested Jose Suarez-Ramirez, 29, on Wednesday after they spotted him and another person crossing the border. Suarez-Ramirez admitted to agents that he had no immigration documentation, agents said. Agents eventually discovered that Suarez-Ramirez had an "extensive" criminal history, including convictions for criminal sexual penetration of a child younger than 13, burglary, conspiracy, larceny and possession of a controlled substance. Suarez-Ramirez remained in custody Wednesday pending prosecution for the illegal entry, agents said. [link]